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Iowa Code § 233.1

Newborn safe haven Act — definitions

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1. This chapter may be cited as the “Newborn Safe Haven Act”.

2. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

a. “Institutional health facility” means a hospital as defined in section 135B.1, including a facility providing medical or health services that is open twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week and is a hospital emergency room or a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1.

b. “Newborn infant” means a child who is, or who appears to be, fourteen days of age or younger.

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